- Jarvis Shaffer (singer)
Infobox musical artist
Name = Jarvis Shaffer
Img_capt = "Pretty Girl" single cover
Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Jarvis
Born = October 20, 1986 age 21
Origin =Tulsa, Oklahoma , U.S.
Genre =R&B , Hip hop, Pop
Occupation =Singer
Years_active = 2003–present
Label =Arista Records /So So Def (2004-2005)
Starstruck Entertainment (2006-present)
Disturbing tha Peace /Def Jam (2008-present)
URL = [http://www.myspace.com/jarvistheartist Official Jarvis Myspace]Jarvis Shaffer is an
R&B singer currently signed to Disturbing tha Peace Records. He is known for his 2004-hit "Radio ".Growing Up
Born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Jarvis spent many years in church where he sang solos was with the church choir. From the age of five, he knew that he was born to entertain. He thought, however, he would be lightening up the nets as a
NBA basketball point guard. Even with his varsity letterman status, music seemed to choose him first at the age of seven. Listening to aFred Hammond single on the car stereo, nostalgia is sparked as he recalls mimicking his older sister's vocals, while she sang around the house causing the neighbors extreme headache!Moving With Music
Moving ahead, within months of relocating to
Atlanta , Jarvis entered the studio to recorddemos and learn the craft of recording. He quickly grasped the techniques and learned the difference of performing live. At the age of sixteen, Jarvis had made it his business to hold down the full-time job of recording his Tricycle Musicdebut album .Early in his artist development, Jarvis dribbled forward in a fast break causing a slam-dunk with the multi-platinum producer Sean "The Hitmaker" Hall. Hall is famed with songwriting and music production for artists like
Pink ,Tyrese and3LW . Jarvis made the grade by co-writing his Tricycle Music debut single, "Radio." in 2004. Shooting for the honor role, Jarvis caught the ears of Radio One Atlanta's on-air talent E4Real and National Mixshow Coordinator Emperor Searcy.In late 2003 Jarvis intrigued the ears of
hip-hop super-producerJermaine Dupri and was quickly signed to hisSo So Def record label (along with3LW andJ-Kwon ). In the summer of 2004, Jarvis released his debut single "Radio". The single performed badly on the charts peaking at number 82 on theHot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs . The album ended up being released as anEp and his debut never seen the light of day. Jarvis left the label soon after.In 2006 we seen Jarvis signing on to a
Indie label by the name ofStarstruck Entertainment and with them he continued to work on his debut album entitled "Dream Girls".Soon after he and producer "Madd Scientist" produced his first single "Pretty Girl". The song featured another up-coming
duo named Rock City. Some howrap superstar Ludacris got a hold of the song, heard it, loved it and signed Jarvis on the spot to hisDisturbing tha Peace label. He is now the featured artist on the single instead of Rock City.Albums
ingles
External links
[http://www.justjarvis.com Jarvis Street Team]
[http://www.jarvisisback.com JarvisIsBack.com OFFICIAL FANSITE]
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